MADISON, Wisconsin (March 11, 2026) – Alliant Energy named nearly 40 communities in Iowa and Wisconsin to receive grants totaling $145,000 through the company’s Community Tree Planting program, part of its One Million Trees initiative.
Alliant Energy partners with Trees Forever to help communities develop, select and plant a diverse mix of trees. A tree expert works with the communities to select the best species for their areas and create care and maintenance plans to ensure the new trees have long, healthy lives.
“Our partnership with Alliant Energy has helped to create healthier and more vibrant communities,” said Michelle Beisker, CEO of Trees Forever. “Trees provide so many benefits to individuals and neighborhoods, and the volunteers that show up every year to plant with us and Alliant Energy know this and experience the results directly.”
Since 1990, Trees Forever and Alliant Energy have awarded over $8 million in grants and planted more than 1.1 million trees through their partnership and programs in Iowa and Wisconsin.
Across Iowa and Wisconsin, communities are eligible to apply for grants up to $5,000 to fund new trees for planting projects on public land.
Below is a list of the communities awarded grants this year. Some communities will begin to plant trees this spring; others will wait until fall.
Albion $2,925, (13 trees)
Ames, $5,000 (35 trees)
Britt, $5,000 (19 trees)
Burlington, $5,000 (50 trees)
Clear Lake, $5,000 (24 trees)
Creston, $5,000, (22 trees)
Decorah, $5,000 (34 trees)
Dyersville, $3,000 (12 trees)
Garwin, $2,000 (21 trees)
George, $1,500 (11 trees)
Jefferson, $5,000 (44 trees)
Keokuk, $5,000 (56 trees)
Manchester, $4,700 (12 trees)
Manly, $2,500 (27 trees)
Marion, $5,000 (150 trees)
Marshalltown, $5,000 (50 trees)
Mason City, $5,000 (66 trees)
Mt. Pleasant, $5,000 (18 trees)
Oelwein, $5,000 (35 trees)
Peosta, $2,760 (8 trees)
Rudd, $2,500 (30 trees)
Washington, $5,000 (47 trees)
West Burlington, $3,750 (25 trees)
Wisconsin Communities:
Baraboo/Devil’s Lake, $3,000 (100 trees)
City of Baraboo, $3,000 (40 trees)
Belleville, $3,500 (31 trees)
Town of Beloit, $3,800 (15 trees)
Blue Mounds, $3,500 (100 trees)
Boscobel, $4,000 (15 trees)
Bristol, $1,500 (21 trees)
Fitchburg, $3,500 (28 trees)
Janesville, $2,500 (22 trees)
Platteville, $4,700 (37 trees)
Rudolph, $5,000 (41 trees)
Verona, $5,000 (22 trees)
Vesper, $4,000 (31 trees)
Windsor, $3,000 (25 trees)
To learn more about Alliant Energy’s Community Tree Planting program, visit alliantenergy.com/onemilliontrees.
About Alliant Energy
Alliant Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: LNT) provides regulated energy service to more than 1 million electric and 435,000 natural gas customers across Iowa and Wisconsin. Alliant Energy's mission is to deliver energy solutions and exceptional service customers and communities count on – safely, efficiently and responsibly. Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL) and Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) are Alliant Energy's two wholly-owned subsidiaries. For more information, visit alliantenergy.com and follow Alliant Energy on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and X.